Big in America

Lee Westwood’s glorious form continues, he is striking the ball perfectly from tee to green. But can he keep it going and win golf’s ‘fifth major’?

Lee Westwood takes a one-shot lead into the final round at Sawgrass (Richard Heathcote)
Emphasising once more that he is the most consistently excellent player in the
world, unsurpassed in ball-striking from tee to green, Lee Westwood took a
one-stroke halfway lead at the Players Championship.

Immediately behind him was a cosmopolitan group comprising Francesco Molinari
of Italy, Ryuji Imada of Japan and Heath Slocum of the United States.
Westwood scored an immaculate 65 to lead by the narrowest of margins at 12
under par on the notorious Stadium Course at Sawgrass.

That put several notables in their places: Tiger Woods, inset, and Phil
Mickelson, respectively ranked one and two in the world, trailed nine shots
behind, thankful to make the cut. Of the rest of the top 10 players,
excluding Westwood, who is ranked fourth, not one was in contention.

The young guns of whom much is celebrated and expected suffered by comparison.
Rickie Fowler and Jason Day, who might be regarded as